Admission Requirements & Deadlines

Admission Requirements for International Graduate Students

You are considered a graduate & post-baccalaureate applicant if you are applying for a master's or doctorate degree, seeking credentials, or enrolling in graduate courses for personal or professional growth.

Foreign nationals who are not graduates of Cal Poly Pomona will be accepted as graduate students only if they hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution in the United States or Canada or have comparable academic credentials from a foreign country.

Applicants with a bachelor's degree from a college or university where the principal language of instruction was NOT English, must take the TOEFL or IELTS exams and request official results IELTs to be mailed directly to the Office of Admissions and Outreach prior to admission. All scores submitted must have been earned within two years of the application date. Required scores are as follows:

Paper-based TOEFL

550

Internet-based TOEFL

80

Computer-based TOEFL

213

IELTS

Band score varied by program

Some graduate programs have different score requirements. Click TOEFL to view.

Graduate Application Deadlines

Cal Poly Pomona is accepting applications for the following term. Click HERE for information on application and document deadlines.